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Title: Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx ISBN: 1-85702-940-2 Publisher: Fourth Estate Format: Unknown Binding |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Wonderful Short Story
Comment: This is a lovely, touching, remarkable short story on a very taboo subject. It's a reminder to us all that many seek 'balance in LOVE'. It's about two rough & tough cowboys who find themselves alone one starry night. They move on with their lives but can never lose thought of the hold they have for one another. The story was originially written by Annie Proulx as a magazine article in THE NEW YORKER in Oct. 1997. I couldn't help but think of Matthew Shepard, the gay hate crime victim, knowing that the author lives in Wyoming herself. I read an article that Ang Lee had signed to do a feature film on this story; whereby, I searched Amazon & found the short paperback available in England somewhere. I was happy to read it during a flight to Napa Valley, CA. Now I've learned via movies.com that the lead characters will be played by actors Jake Gyllenhaal & Heath Ledger (which should make for some major 'steamy' scenes as well as newfound FANS for them).
Rating: 4
Summary: Short & Sweet
Comment: Great story. A bit hard for non-Americans to understand at first because the dialogue that is used emulates the accents of US southerners. But it doesnt take long before you're immersed in its portrayel of a somewhat realistic fictional story. Realistic in that it would not surprise me if occurances such of that in the story have actually happened countless times in the world today. Annie Proulx clearly knows where the characters come from, and how each of their attitudes should be conveyed to the reader.
It took me about half an hour to read, so it is by no means an epic. However I did read it because I had heard it was going to become a film, made by the director of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Ang Lee. A book like this can easily be transformed to a beautiful engrossing film, lets hope all goes well.
For those that dont know the basic premise, it revolves around 2 cowboys who fall in love with each other on a mountain while herding sheep. They deny they're 'queer' even during their rough love making. Each goes on to marry and develop other lives - but they never forget each other. The story spans 25 years in less than 60 pages.
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Rating: 4
Summary: Very poignant, but would have liked more.
Comment: Proulx's use of dialect is stunning. Her feel of time and place also was excellent. I wish it had been longer. I wonder if younger gay readers would understand the depth of the closet that these two men inhabited.
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Title: Latter Days: A Novel by C. Jay Cox, T. Fabris ISBN: 1555838685 Publisher: Alyson Books Pub. Date: 15 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title:Maurice - The Merchant Ivory Collection ASIN: B00014NE62 Publisher: Public Media Inc Pub. Date: 24 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $29.95 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $22.46 |
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Title:The Trip ASIN: B0000DD75N Publisher: Tla Entertainment Gr Pub. Date: 09 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.99 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $18.74 |
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Title: The Boys of Swithins Hall by Chris Kent ISBN: 1879194252 Publisher: GLB Publishers Pub. Date: January, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Best American Gay Fiction 3 by Brian Bouldrey ISBN: 0316102369 Publisher: Back Bay Books Pub. Date: 15 October, 1998 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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